Emphysematous pyelonephritis- conversion of type i to type II appearance on serial CT studies

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 386-388

  Komura, Shinji ^a   Shindoh, Noboru ^a   Minowa, Okito ^a   Ozaki, Yutaka ^a   Kyogoku, Shinsuke ^a   Sumi, Yukiharu ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Emphysematous pyelonephritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PYELONEPHRITIS;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; EMPHYSEMA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PYELONEPHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033550116     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(99)00163-1     Document Type: Article

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